Simple Kiwi Pleasures

The scenery
Of the Niu Tireni landscape

















On the road to Whangarei
Is breathtakingly beautiful

From north to south
East and the west

On all sides the traffic flows
In an on ending line both fast and slow

The awesomeness of the rolling hills
The trees and fauna

Of every shape and kind
Burst with dazzling beauty

From the electrifying rays of a sun
They spread their glow of splendour

Like the neon lights 
Beaming across the Auckland Harbour

Everywhere through searching eyes
Are flower-strewn meadows

And babbling brooks and streams
That lap up the springtime air

While beneath the trees
And in the fields

Golden daffodils stand with their trumpets
Lifted proudly towards the wind

They herald in the musical sounds
Of the forested land

Now high above in the azure sky
Whipped cream images

With unique designs
Gently float on by

And at the mountain base sheep and lambs do graze
And frolic with a stately prance

Such simple pleasures do abound
In Aotearoa, Land of the Long White Cloud


© Paterika Hengreaves
2004 – 2005/Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand